Pirates Plunder Box Office Record Books
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” believe it or not, earned more on its opening day than any film in history.
Move over Darth Vader. Captain Jack Sparrow is king for a day. Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one-day take at the box office. The previous record was set last year by “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith,” which grossed about $50 million. The movie was shown on 4,133 screens, beginning at midnight Friday. Only 2004′s “Shrek 2″ and “Spider-Man 2″ debuted on more screens.
Disney also received reports of continuous sellouts and requests to add more screens at multiplexes. “We’re obviously thrilled beyond belief. Anytime you break an industry record … the word ecstatic comes to mind,” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney. The swashbuckling sequel is on pace to eclipse the three-day, box-office record held by “Spider-Man” in 2002 with $114.8 million. “This goes a long way of dispelling the notion that people don’t want to go to movies anymore,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-officer tracker Exhibitor Relations. “People aren’t waiting for the DVD on this one. They are going out to see it.”
Amazing. It’s astounding that this would eclipse “Superman Returns,” let alone the “Star Wars” films. While I understand that the original was a reasonably popular film and that it’s kid friendly, something just doesn’t seem right about this.
Popularity: 14% [?]
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I have never know a movie that goes sky-rocket like Pirates of the Caribbean.You keep having Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp you will have people come to the movies. That movie should win alot of Awards and Johnny Depp should win alot of Best Actor Awards.
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The original was considered by most as an excellent film. Given the mediocre critical reception of SR and the bad reception after, this is not surprising.
Having said that, the new “Pirates” movie is a pale version of the predecessor. They lost all of the things that made the original so unique and opted for a standard swashbuckler.